by Bernard Shaw · Longman · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582330948
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«Arms and the Man» is the stage comedy by Bernard Shaw published by Longman in paperback (148 pages, in English).
The comedy ridicules idealized ideas about war and love through sharp dialogue and absurd situations. Set in Bulgaria during the Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885, it dismantles the myths of heroism and social hypocrisy, pitting the pragmatism of some characters against the naive romanticism of others.
Annotated edition from the Longman Study Texts series, prepared by Geoffrey Parker, with an essay by John Russell Brown.
Aimed at students of English literature, with notes and introductions designed for studying the text in the classroom.
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and was awarded the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature.
